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Emissary of the Doomed: Global Politics and the Holocaust--Interview with author Ron Florence

Interview with Professor Doug Kellner

Doug Kellner is a Professor of Philosophy  in the Division of Social Sciences & Comparative Education Graduate School of Education & Information Studies, UCLA at UCLA  believes that media literacy should be taught widely in schools to assist young people to really engage with the media saturated world they now live in and shapes so many of their perceptions about the world. He writes in his "Philosophical Adventures" (full text locatable on his highly informative website)  that "During my several years of service at UCLA as George F. Kneller Chair in the  Philosophy of Education, I have focused on researching the relevance of new technologies to  education, politics, and everyday life, as well as continuing work in philosophy, social theory, and cultural studies. I have published an article on new technologies and new literacies in Educational Theory, several articles on multimedia and new forms of textuality in various books  and journals, and a series of articles on the Internet and politics. A Blackwell reader Media and Cultural Studies: KeyWorks, co-edited with Gigi Durham (2001), contributes to my work in cultural studies while my work on alternative media continues with a biographical introduction and collection of writings, Art and Politics: An Emile de Antonio Reader, co-edited with Dan Streible (2000)." The conversation lasts for 32 minutes and focuses some of the following topics:
1. Why media literacy is so important to teach at all levels of education today.
2. Examples of the ways in which teachers can use media to engage their students more deeply in subject matter knowledge as well as how it can assist in the development of critical thinking skills.
3. The relationship of media literacy to understanding globalization

Interview with Scott McLeod

Scott McLeod is an innovative and refreshing new voice in education.  Not satisfied as  Associate Professor and Coordinator of the Educational Administration program at Iowa State University and Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE), to just publish his thoughts in  sparsely read journals -he has used his considerable technical savvy to develop a very well read blog dangerouslyirrelevant.org and co-created the "viral" video, Did You Know? (Shift Happens). Scott  has received numerous national awards for his technology leadership work, including recognitions from the cable industry, Phi Delta Kappa, and the National School Boards Association.
In this 40 minute podcast--we talked about a vast range of topics such as how he got started,  why his blog has continued to be so successful, his thoughts on why schools need to change now, assessment, why professional development and the academy resist change and what he is reading. Scott was so articulate and candid that you may not notice the minutes flying by and like me want more from this highly engaged and informed catalyst for 21st century change.